Filmmaker Karan Johar’s photograph with Ma Anand Sheela, secretary of the late self-proclaimed godman Bhagwan Rajneesh, popularly known as Osho, has raised eyebrows on social media.
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Johar had shared a selfie with her on Instagram, terming her “fun” and “fabulous”, shortly after he interviewed her at an event in Gurugram last month.
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“Interviewing #maanandsheela was an experience! She is fun forthright and fabulous! Dodging every answer in her inimitable fashion! She is controversial without revealing a thing! Now that’s an art! She is witty and never at a wits end! Thanks for the help @shakunbatra,” he captioned the image.
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The story of Ma Sheela gained popularity after the success of the Netlfix documentary ‘Wild Wild Country’, which charted the growth of Osho’s community from India to setting up a cult in Oregon in the US. It highlighted the role Ma Anand Sheela played in the growth of the community, before its downfall.
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Johar’s friends and colleague from Bollywood like Alia Bhatt, Ananya Panday, Soni Razdan and Vishal Dadlani congratulated him on his meeting and interviewing her.
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However, there were social media users who expressed disappointment at Johar’s attempt to “glorify” a “criminal and bio-terrorist” with his photograph.
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Ma Anand Sheela was arrested in West Germany in 1986, sentenced to 20 years’ prison-time, and paroled after 39 months.
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A user wrote: “Trust Bollywood to glorify a renegade and a lunatic criminal like Ma Anand Sheela just because she is fun and fabulous.”
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Another said: “Wait. Why is everyone saying good things about her? Do you even know who she is? She is a cult member who killed”.
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A user requested Johar to not “promote evil”.
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Another said: “2 scandalous people”.
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